likes:
rock'n'roll of various stripes,
rhythm'n'blues, blues, soul, reggae,
mid-eastern music,
hammond b3 organs and crunchy guitars,
traveling and exploring the beaten path,
taking pictures and capturing the views forever,
peace, love and freedom,
the original American idea,
good times and good people.
dislikes:
endless guitar-solo wanking,
unimaginative electronic dance music,
fake, dishonest, irresponsible people,
ignorant and illiterate false patriots,
politics, politicians, and politicking,
fundamentalists of all kinds,
dictators, antisemites, nazis, racists, and snobs,
satan disguised as a man of peace.
I'd like to meet:
People from any of the places I've lived ... the Jersey Shore, Los Angeles, Israel, Boston, Philadephia, and Long Beach (NY); fans of any of the music, movies, and books listed on the left side of this page; artists, writers, musicians, photographers, and all sorts of creative types; Jews of all kinds, especially those with a musical, spiritual, and/or mystical bent; people of any age, race, religion, color, gender, or orientation, who like what they see here & appreciate it.
(Note: Gold diggers, green card seekers, cam scammers, and anyone in my Dislikes list need not apply.)
The latest installment of my magnum opus ...
THE HESH INC.:
Soul In Exile II: Jersey Shore Baby
Neo-retro Jersey Shore rock'n'roll for the global warming era.
My debut CD, and the first chapter in the series ...
THE HESH INC.: Soul In Exile
Intelligent, lyric-based, keyboards-and-vocals acoustic rock.
Visit my PhotoSite for a view of my original photography.
Music:
Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen, J. Geils, Lou Reed (post-Velvets), Moshav, Peter Himmelman, the Ramones, R' Shlomo Carlebach, Social Distortion, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Tom Waits
Movies:
The Blues Brothers, Trading Places, 1776, An Officer and A Gentleman, and anything Star Wars
Television:
I don't watch TV - it's a horrible waste of time.
"V'hahistaklus b'televizyeh, moytsi es ho'odom min ho'oilom" (my made-up quote).
Books:
Harry Turtledove's alternate history novels, Jack L. Chalker's Well of Souls series, The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, Life Is A Beach by Parke Puterbaugh and Alan Bisbort, Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung by Lester Bangs, Born To Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story by Dave Marsh, Catch A Fire: The Life of Bob Marley by Timothy White, Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, The Source by James Michener, The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut, Rolling Stone's Complete History of Rock'n'Roll, and countless others
Heroes:
Forget so-called celebrities - the real heroes are the Holocaust survivors and any/every Jew that ever fought an oppressor, from the Maccabees to the partisans to the Irgun.
